The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-06-29
lteresting effect. After leaving the

an alkali plain on either side OF us, |
stretching away miles upon miles to |
the horizon, tractloss desert, while !
in the distance was seen the Hum
boldt range of mountains covered
with mantle of snow, the view a
desolate one right on until approach
ing Ogden when the country began
to look little more interesting, this
was on the morning of the 23rd, and
we travelled from early morning
within o short distance of Salt Lake
arriving at Ogden at 9:10, where
we had q stay of an hour and fifty
minutes until the second portion of
our train arrived, it having been
divided during the early part of the
journey, owing TO its extreme
length. Our long stay here enabled
us to get good meal in comfort,
the time usually allowed at the dim
ing places being too short to allow
of the meal being taken in comfort,
l must say in this connection that
the meals provided are generally
very good, and great Improvement
on what experienced on my first
overland journey; leaving here at
II A. NJ. we passed through more
interesting country for many hours;
passed into a snow storm and
through it, with large quantities of
snow to be seen as far as the eye could
reach. During this day, the oath,
we passed through large tract of
land belonging to an English syndi-
cate, il took hours to pass through,
so you may imagine its large ex-
tent, it is used for the purpose of
stock raising. This owning of large
tracts of land in America by aliens
is to be put stop to, n law is, or
about to be passed which prevents
aliens owning land, they must be-
come citizens before obtaining the
title deeds; to-day we entered the
State of Nebraska, this is highly
farmed State and the difference in
aspect could be quickly discerned,
in the Territory of Wyoming which
we had just left, far as the eye
could gaze, nothing to be seen but
q treeless desert, but in Nebraska
we are constantly passing pretty
homesteads, with buggies very
often TO be seen driving along the
roads and homelike appearance
over the scene, pleasing to the eye.
Arrived at Omaha early on the
morning of the 25th, this is an i'm
portant place and supply depot of
the Union Pacific Railroad, it has
increased very much in size Of late
years and now has $4,000 inhabi-
tants, we stayed here but II short
time passing over the Missouri TO
Council Bluffs where we had to
change cars. My route from here
was by the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway and we left punctually at
9:15 A. NJ, o dining car was at
tached TO this train and from here
to Chicago which we reached early
on the morning of the 2Gth, we had
meals very comfortably, the country
we passed through from here was q
we'll farmed one and pleasing to
look at, we had passed within the
outer walls of civilization and
, rapidly nearing the dense centers
of population, we were also in q
, prohibition State, Iowa, nothing
stronger than tea or coffee being
allowed, and let me here say that in
my humble opinion if the same law
, was in effect in many other parts of
the world it would be for the good
, of those residing there; we attained
, high rate of speed OH this road
the track is well laid and travelling
/ think faster than at any other pre-
{ vious part of our journey. We ar.
rived in Chicago at G:30 on the
, morning of the 26th, where We
again changed trains and depot
being carried over by omnibus tt
the depot of the Michigan Central
, Railroad. This depot is the mos
, miserable l met with on my journey
and the lunch rooms worse still
, This was q surprise to me for it is
: not in keeping with the size anG
business of the city. l had no time
for look at the city of Chicago
, as after short detention we once
. more sped on our eastward coarse
! A short distance from Chicago, or
this road, are the works of the Pull
D man Car Co.'s workshops and tho
: houses of the employees, stores
? etc., all owned by the =. G. Co
/ No saloon is allowed on the place
r but this good arrangement is spoil
by the small town of Kensington
| which consists almost wholly O.
a saloons erected after the former
\ place was built. The Pullman
: works, etc., are called Pullman
: Town, and they do form town an(
r of no mean dimensions. The bust
: ness must be colossal one to sup
t port such place. Speeding rapidly
: along through very interesting
t country we arrived at Detroit early
4 in the evening, the electric lights
Y hung on long poles with which thi,
4 city is lighted, have a strange ap
= pearance to an unused eye. ! learn
4 that the cost is less than that O.
/. gas. Our train was here carried
f over a branch of Lake Erie, and or
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